The Week in Pictures: lion cubs and the Linyanti sunset
We’ve selected our camps in Botswana because of their pristine locations and excellent game activity. The Savuti is famous for its lions and elephants; the Linyanti is an undiscovered paradise, brimming with water-loving game; the Kalahari has a deserted beauty unmatched anywhere in the world; while the secluded north-western region of the Okavango Delta is a haven […]
The Week in Pictures: baby elephants and herds of buffalo
The Kruger camps are full of guests having undeniable fun with the big game species keeping well within the area. Our unfenced camps in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp, are often visited by wandering elephants and the ever-present pair of honey badgers. Game drives are always exciting, whether […]
The Week in Pictures: A lion kill, a leopard cub, and… another pangolin
Last week we oohed and aahed over the footage and photos of a rare sighting at Africa on Foot and nThambo Tree Camp; a pangolin had been spotted on game drive and guests at both camps got to see it. Just when we thought the fun was over and we had got the ‘once in […]
The Week in Pictures: The Ross Pride and a Pangolin
This week has been chock-a-block with wildlife sightings in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve…which means nothing’s changed! We, in our Cape Town office, get snippets of news from our Kruger camps about the lions walking through camp, a leopard at nThambo’s waterhole, elephants ambling up to the camp’s pool, and the notorious honey badger giving […]
Elephants en masse in the Savuti
This is elephant territory like no other. It is well known that you travel to Chobe National Park to experience elephants in their masses and it is here in the heart of the Savuti that these giant mammals congregate and frolic in the newly replenished channel and surrounding swamps. Game drives at Camp Savuti often […]
Hanging with the lions of the Savuti
Recently at Camp Savuti, wildlife photographer Kevin MacLaughlin captured this delightful series of pictures that would make any lion lover jealous. A pride of playful lion cubs gallivanted in the Savuti marshland, not a care in the world for the awed onlookers who were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right […]
Photos of a Brown Snake Eagle in the Kruger
Kevin MacLaughlin, a ranger at nThambo Tree Camp, took these remarkable photos of a Brown Snake-Eagle. Capturing birds on camera is always tricky – luckily Kevin was in the right place at the right time. The Brown Snake-Eagle, as its name suggests, eats mainly snakes. It starts off by crushing the head to discharge any […]
